1940-1950

Herbert Choy (Ch’oe Yŏng-jo, 최영조, 1916–2004) was the first person of Korean ancestry to be admitted to the bar in the United States, and the first Asian American to be appointed as a United States federal judge.[1] Choy was born on January 6, 1916 in the...

Hyung Nai Song (Song Hyŏng-nae, 宋亨來, 1914–2012) was one of the first Koreans to study abroad in the United States after the end of Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945) who became a central figure in establishing South Korea’s public health system after 1945...